Mozilla is treating unpatched Java plugins as malware, blocking them from loading with Firefox to prevent malicious websites from exploiting a critical vulnerability.

On Friday Oct. 9, Mozilla confirmed that by the end of 2016 the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) will no longer feature plugin support in its browser. The concentrated efforts ...

When click-to-play is enabled, the browser displays static images instead of an active plugin. Users must click on those images to authorize the loading of each element. “A couple days ago I landed an ...

The Firefox Web browser will soon block all browser plug-ins except Adobe Flash Player by default, Firefox maker Mozilla announced yesterday (Jan. 29). "One of the most common exploitation vectors ...

After more than two years on the back burner, Firefox has finally introduced click-to-play for all plug-ins, including Flash, Java, and Silverlight. Plug-ins are the single biggest cause of browser ...

Mozilla developers have launched a new online tool that tells Firefox users whether popular add-on components such as Java or QuickTime are up to date. The new Plugin Check page tests for more than 15 ...

Google Chrome recently dumped support for plugins such as Java and Silverlight, and now it’s Firefox’s turn. Late Thursday, Mozilla announced on its blog that Firefox would stop supporting plugins ...